Facebook Places Restrictions on Wholesale Event Invitations

If you're the kind of person who throws caution to the wind when choosing who to invite to your events (otherwise known as the "select all" crowd), it looks like Facebook is beginning to get more serious about restricting you.

Some users are getting a message from Facebook when they attempt to invite a large number of users to a single event.

"We're sorry, but you seem to be sending invitations to people who aren't interested in accepting them. Please make sure you're only inviting people you know and think would enjoy this event. You'll only be able to send invitations again once more people have accepted."

So, what gives?

Facebook seems to be enforcing an event-oriented rule that only allows for 100 invites at a single time - and more importantly only 300 pending invites. That means that if you have over 300 invites out there with no response, you can't send any more until a few people join, maybe, or decline your event.